Fred Kontur

1301 Richmond Avenue, Apt. M3 * Houston, TX 77006
(713) 523-9288 * fred@fredkontur.com

OBJECTIVE

A postdoctoral position in a research laboratory or an industrial position in research and development.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Physics, Rice University, Houston, TX, 2005
M.S., Physics, Rice University, Houston, TX, 2000
B.S., Physics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 1997

RELEVANT SKILLS

Ultra-High Vacuum Systems
Fiber-Amplifier Lasers
Electrostatic Ion Optics
Electron Detection Tools

C++
Web Programming - XHTML, CSS, JavaScript
Data Analysis, Modeling

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Research

Doctoral Research
- Settled longstanding debate over ion neutralization mechanism at metal surfaces.
- Discovered unexpected effects at frozen xenon and krypton surfaces.
Master's Research
- Achieved factor of 5 increase in experiment's ion beam current.
- Designed sample manipulator capable of cooling metal sample with liquid helium.

Communication

Consistently earned high evaluations in 6 years of graduate teaching.
- Won Outstanding Graduate Student Teacher Award in 2002.
Presented at 12 scientific conferences and defended 2 theses.
- Won Best of Session Presentation Award for 2005 Rice Quantum Institute Colloquium.

Leadership

Oversaw 10-person cast and crew as producer of the full-length play "Free Will and Wanton Lust" by Nicky Silver.